yes and no. there are still enslave people today that are not local, but they are there.
Freeing southern slaves
The Emancipation Proclamation is credited with freeing the slaves in the United States.
Emancipation proclamation.
Emancipation proclamation
The freeing of slaves was called emancipation. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation effective 1 January 1863. It proclaimed emancipation (freedom) for all slaves from states then at war with the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
He signed the Emancipation Proclamation, essentially freeing the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
Freeing all slaves in the states fighting against the union
he wrote the emancipation and proclamation for freeing the slaves.
emancipation
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?